1. Apple Holds Smartphone Lead, But Android Is Gaining 7 hours ago permalinkWhile Android surges among new smartphone buyers, Apple iOS continues to hold on to the overall marketshare lead, though still within spitting distance of a fading BlackBerry OS and a hard-charging Android OS, according to the latest figures from the Nielsen Company.
2. MetroPCS Adjusts Pricing on LTE, Adds Caps 1 hour ago permalinkMetroPCS has introduced two new service plans for its 4G LTE service today designed to get more customers interested in the service. Starting with the $40 plan, it includes unlimited voice and data access along with access to YouTube, while stepping up to the $50 plan adds 1GB of “data access” along with unlimited web access and the $ ... 3. Schwinn 420 Elliptical Trainer Price Marked Down 44 minutes ago permalinkThe Schwinn 420 is available at Amazon for $599.00. Now that it is a new year, it is time to start out fresh and new. Say you have wanted to shed a few extra pounds or your resolution is to get in...
4. Review: Incase Snap Battery Case for iPhone 4 2 hours ago permalinkRather than leapfrogging or rivaling a growing group of iPhone battery case competitors, the Snap Battery Case covers and powers the iPhone 4 less; it’s designed to let you quickly snap the iPhone 4 in, and go. There’s a 900mAh battery inside a thin back shell, a modestly flexible top plastic frame that leaves only the headphone port and Sleep/ ...
5. Social Security tax cut means a raise — so don't blow it 1 hour ago permalinkWith less coming out of your paycheck for Social Security this year, you have a chance to shore up your finances. Some tips from the experts.
6. BitTorrent's Mainline and uTorrent clients reach 100 million active monthly users 2 hours ago permalinkBitTorrent, the company behind the BitTorrent protocol and the Mainline and uTorrent clients, has just released some rather fantastic figures. Not only are over 100 million people using the two clients, but 20 million are downloading torrents on a daily basis.
7. Kinect designers to debut motion controller for PCs 1 hour ago permalinkThe debut of a motion-sensing controller designed for PCs has been announced by PrimeSense, the creator of the Kinect for XBox 360. The company has teamed up with Asus to make the device, which is in turn creating a dedicated online store for selling compatible apps. The controller goes by the name "WAVI Xtion," and will enable gesture controls ...
8. Orioles pitcher surrenders to police 42 minutes ago permalinkBaltimore Orioles pitcher Alfredo Simon said Monday the shooting death of a 25-year-old man over the weekend was an accident. 9. Hotmail Threads 42 minutes ago permalink
10. Sensitive, speedy blood test for cancer raising hopes 49 minutes ago permalinkA blood test so sensitive that it can spot a single cancer cell lurking among a billion healthy ones is moving one step closer to being available at your doctor's office. 11. Advancements in fertility preservation provide oncology patients new options 1 hour ago permalinkROCHESTER, Minn. -- Many young people who've just learned that they have cancer also are told that the therapies that may save their lives could rob them of their ability ever to have children.... 12. 'I believe this case is a drug debt' 1 hour ago permalinkHouston's Quanell X today said Mona Nelson, accused in the death of a 12-year-old, admitted she dumped the boy's burned body. 13. Anti-bullying program reduces malicious gossip on school playgrounds 1 hour ago permalinkElementary school students who participated in a three-month anti-bullying program in Seattle schools showed a 72 percent decrease in malicious gossip. The study, led by the University of Washington,... 14. Facebook Now Worth More Than Yahoo And eBay 2 hours ago permalinkFacebook's latest round of financing from Goldman Sachs at a $50 billion valuation , which is about the same valuation its shares are trading on SecondMarket , clearly puts it in the pantheon of the most valuable Internet companies. At $50 billion, Facebook is now worth more than Yahoo (which has a $22 billion market cap) and eBay ($37 billion), ...
15. Protein wields phosphate group to inhibit cancer metastasis 1 hour ago permalinkHOUSTON - By sticking a chemical group to it at a specific site, a protein arrests an enzyme that may worsen and spread cancer, an international research team led by scientists at The University of... 16. Twins With Different Birthdays 2 hours ago permalinkIn Illinois: Couple have 1 twin in 2010, other in 2011 . A Machesney Park couple welcomed a daughter in the last minutes of 2010 and a twin son in the first minutes of 2011. The Rockford Register Star reports that Brandon Lewis and Ashley Fansler had baby girl Madisen Carin Lewis at 11:59 a.m. Friday at Rockford Memorial Hospital. Baby son Aiden ...
17. Did bosses shirk snow duty, buy beer? 1 hour ago permalinkInvestigators in New York want to know if four sanitation supervisors assigned to clean up after last week's monster blizzard instead bought beer and sat in their car. 18. FotoSketcher 2 adds new effects, improves performance 1 hour ago permalinkFotoSketcher 2 is here, and a lot has changed since Erez first wrote about the photo stylizing app. For starters, there are new filters like sepia, vignette and "old photo texture," and four new frame effects have also been added. FotoSketcher 2 now even offers real-time brushstroke previews. 19. Vizio Tries To Make All Other 3D TVs Look Stupid 1 hour ago permalinkVizio knows how to make cheap TVs that consumers actually buy and like, and with the 3D revolution underway, it's doing something that will make even the slightest money-conscious people turn their... 20. Fire destroys Heights Boulevard home 1 hour ago permalinkFirefighters are searching through the charred rubble of a well-known Heights home today in hopes they won't find anyone was inside, including an elderly wheelchair-bound woman who's unaccounted for and possibly her caretaker. |
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